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The latest on the Port, Pimlico, and the forecast in Friday's headlines

The latest on when the port could reopen, plus the future of Pimlico, and your forecast in Friday's headlines

WMAR-2 News

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you're watching wm2 news I'm mean night with your wm2 news update the Port of Baltimore could be back to normal in just a couple of months that's according to a tentative timeline from the Army Corps of Engineers they hope to reopen the fort McKenry Channel by the end of May which would restore normal access to the port that channel would have to be 700 ft wide by 50 ft deep which is necessary for the largest cargo ships to get into the port the core also expects to open a limited access Channel
that's 20 80 ft wide by 35 ft Deep by the end of this month and we have every story on the collapse in one place you can scan the QR code on your screen or go to w2w.com keybridge collapse you can find updates on the cleanup the economic impact and how to help the victim's families and the port workers one person is dead after a house fire in East Baltimore this happened last night on North Clinton Street right near Jefferson Street firefighters say the home was vacant but they did find a perso
n unresponsive inside right now it appears they died because of the fire no word yet on a cause the state's efforts to buy Pimco race course might not make it across the Finish Line in time lawmakers have just two days left in the legislative session the bill passed the house earlier this week but is facing uncertainty in the Senate the current owners of Pimco the stronic group would sell the track to the state for a dollar the state would then invest $400 million in upgrades we've got to have s
ome real negotiations and and conversations about whether or not this is the the the bill as it has come across is in the best interest of uh the the industry and the community surrounding the tracks and the communities that would be losing the tracks the Str group would retain ownership of the pness name and allow the state to use it for $2 million and a percentage of the handle during the blackeyed Susan in pness races for this bill to pass the Senate has to convene a rules committee well this
is a tournament where everyone is a winner McDaniel College holding its 33rd annual Tournament of Champions yesterday McDaniel undergrads work with students with special needs from Carol County elementary and middle schools the day is filled with fun challenges and specially designed Sports meeting individual needs of the students so they play things like beach volleyball bowling and much more and every athlete gets to go home with the metal we're closing off the work week with a few isolated r
ain showers but luckily temperatures are back into those mid-50s seeing a little bit more Sunshine as well we dry out as we head into towards our weekend so you'll notice Saturday partly cloudy but temperatures back at 55° Sunday Sunshine does return in full force 60 degrees for us but don't be fooled unfortunately we do see some clouds hanging around with us as we head in towards Monday so if you're looking to view the eclipse from one of the few cities that could have excuse me not few cities
but one of the Cities here located well you'll notice that we are going to have that partially clip still hanging with us but again cloud cover could end up obscuring that for us so here looking at your 7-day forecast the good thing is temperatures are back into the mid 60s for Monday but we could deal with a partly cloudy day hopefully clearing out by the afternoon then you'll notice Tuesday we'll sit around the mid 70s and those warmer temperatures continue for us as we hang around the middle
of the work week with a few rain showers as our next system starts to move in for us Megan all right Caesar thank you well we are once again partnering with wise markets for our pack the Park event to collect sporting equipment for leev leveling the playing field they distribute the gear to teams that need it the most you can drop off donations to any of the 16 Wise Market locations or come on out Wednesday April 17th to middlewood park and Timonium for our big collection Day event and stay with
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